{"id":7214,"date":"2010-09-27T11:30:53","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T18:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wapreview.com\/?p=7214"},"modified":"2010-09-27T11:35:12","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T18:35:12","slug":"found-on-the-mobile-web-231","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/7214\/","title":{"rendered":"Found On The Mobile Web #231"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Found on the Mobile Web<\/em> is a weekly WAP Review<\/em> feature listing newly added and updated sites on the YesWAP.com<\/a> mobile portal and WapReview<\/a> mobile site directory. With these latest additions the directory and portal now list 2346 mobile sites.<\/p>\n

Literature<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

New Yorker<\/em><\/strong> iphone.newyorker.com<\/a> Fans of the New Yorker<\/em> magazine’s unique blend of short stories, poetry, reviews, cultural and political commentary will enjoy this new “iPhone” edition of The New Yorker. It has full versions of dozens of stories from the magazine. The site requires JavaScript and works well with the Android and Bada browsers as well as with the iPhone.<\/p>\n

Cross platform compatibility could be better however. Some of the links don’t work with Opera Mini or the Symbian browser and the site’s many free videos and podcasts can only be downloaded using iTunes! Source<\/em>: Oh! Mobile Directory<\/a>
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\"Yoza<\/p>\n

Yoza Cellphone Stories<\/em><\/strong> yoza.mobi<\/a> Yoza cellphone stories are short, hip and free. Read them, leave comments and enter writing competitions to win airtime. Each story is a series with a new chapter published every day like a soap opera on your phone. Source<\/span>: Mobility.mobi<\/a>
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Local Search<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

WhoCanHelp?<\/em><\/strong> m.whocanhelp.com<\/a> Interactive market place for finding local businesses to perform services you need like yard work, music lessons, or home repairs. Registration required. Source<\/em>: Oh! Mobile Directory<\/a>
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MobileTech<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

MobileSpeedTest.com<\/em><\/strong> mobilespeedtest.com<\/a> A mobile speed test site that gives a graphical display showing your connection’s speed and latency and allows you to share your results by email or as an embeddable image. Requires JavaScript so it won’t work on basic phones.
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\"Street<\/p>\n

Motorsports<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Street Tuner<\/em><\/strong> streettuner.mobi<\/a> Covers the international modified car scene. With contributors from as far afield as Japan, Europe and the US, Street Tuner gives mobile users the latest car performance news on the go. Content includes reviews, race reports, photos and videos
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City and Campus Guides<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

toptable<\/em><\/strong> m.toptable.com<\/a> Similar to Open Table<\/em>, but primarily for UK dinners, toptable finds availability at nearby restaurants by date, time and party size and lets you make a reservation. Like OpenTable, you earn points for each booking that can be applied towards free meals. Until Dec 31st, 2010, mobile bookings are rewarded with double points.
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\"Bangladeshi<\/p>\n

Portals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bangladesh\/Kolkata Portal<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>wapdir.pbadda.com<\/a> A categorized mobile directory featuring sites from Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian state of Kolkata.
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Meme Trackers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NewsX<\/em><\/strong> newsx.mobi<\/a> aggregates news from many sources and groups them by into categories including Indian and world news, sports, politics, technology and entertainment. Users can comment and rate each news item with the highest rated stories appearing first.
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International News – Africa<\/a><\/strong>
\nEyewitness News<\/em><\/strong> ewn.mobi<\/a> Well designed mobile edition of a leading South African online news site. Has local, world, sport, entertainment and business news, traffic and weather reports. Lots of photos and free downloadable mobile formatted news videos and podcasts. Source<\/em>: mobiThinking<\/a>
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\"Eye<\/p>\n

US Regional Banks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PenFed Credit Union<\/em><\/strong> penfed.mobi<\/a> The Pentagon Federal Credit Union is a large (over 979,000 members ), Washington DC based institution with branches in Colorado, Hawaii, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and Texas, and overseas. It serves members of the US military forces and Department of Defense employees.<\/p>\n

The credit union’s mobile site lets members view balances and history, make transfers, find ATM & branch locations, view rates, calculate loan payment amounts and register for online banking. Source:<\/em> Mobility.mobi<\/a>
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Found on the Mobile Web is a weekly WAP Review feature listing newly added and updated sites on the YesWAP.com mobile portal and WapReview mobile site directory. With these latest additions the directory and portal now list 2346 mobile sites. Literature New Yorker iphone.newyorker.com Fans of the New Yorker magazine’s unique blend of short stories, poetry, reviews, cultural and political commentary will enjoy this new “iPhone” edition of The New Yorker. It has full versions of dozens of stories from … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[55],"tags":[1419,977,610,87,1420,619],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7214"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7828,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7214\/revisions\/7828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}